Torkington, Roy Bernard, 1940-
Variant namesRoy Torkington (b. 1940) was assigned to voter registration efforts in Leflore County, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer. On June 25, 1964, three Itta Bena men accosted Torkington and two other volunteers, threatening their lives. The men were arrested and prosecuted under the 1960 Civil Rights Act, demonstrating determined federal action against voter discrimination in the South.
From the description of Torkington (Roy) Freedom Summer collection, 1964. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 56586413
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| creatorOf | Torkington, Roy Bernard, 1940-. Torkington (Roy) Freedom Summer collection, 1964. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| creatorOf | Torkington, Roy Bernard. My grandfather's guns : a rememberance of the Torkington, Cummings, and Rumble families in Western New York State, 1836-2003 / by Roy Bernard Torkington. | Rochester Public Library, Central Library of Rochester and Monore County |
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| associatedWith | Mississippi Freedom Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Southern Mississippi. | corporateBody |
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| Civil rights workers |
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